Karen@KarenFisherArt.com
Karen Fisher
b. 1961 Rome, New York
Living and working in Boulder, Colorado and Dayton, Ohio
Education
2024 MFA in Visual Arts, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
2003 Master of Arts in Humanities and Teaching, Colorado College, Colorado Springs
1995 Bachelor of Science in Education Secondary English, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
Selected Exhibitions
2025 Roots/Wings Art + Everywhere MASS MoCA North Adams, MA (pop-up fundraiser)
Art Matters Dana L Wiley Gallery Dayton, OH
Art of the State Arvada Center Arvada, CO (juried)
40th International Exhibition Meadows Gallery University of Texas Tyler, TX (juried)
Our Imagined Future Bell Projects Denver, CO
Guild Member Exhibition Silvermine Gallery New Canaan, CT
2024 MFA in Visual Arts Thesis Exhibition Lesley University Cambridge, MA (catalog)
74th A-ONE Silvermine Galleries New Canaan, CT (juried)
2023 Denver Collage Club Alto Gallery Denver, CO
2022 RELISH | relinquish Dana L. Wiley Gallery Dayton, OH
2021 Three Acts: Survey of Shame, Emotion & Oblivion RedLine CAC Denver, CO
The Darker Sooner Dana L. Wiley Gallery Dayton, OH (solo)
Thought Objects Alto Gallery Denver Collage Club Denver, CO
Convergence Dayton Society of Artists Dayton, OH
2019 In The Garden The Orphanage Gallery Dayton, OH
2018 Paper Dolls Parasol Projects (Pop-Up) New York, NY (solo)
2017 Process: The Altered Photo Helikon Gallery Denver, CO
2016 Peoplescapes Republic Plaza Denver, CO
Connect, Disconnect VSA Access Gallery Denver, CO
Best of the Art Students League Denver Niza Knoll Gallery Denver, CO
2015 Untitled Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center’s Deco Lounge Colorado Springs, CO (solo)
Swan Songs Lowbrow Gallery Denver, CO (solo)
Summer Art Market Art Students League of Denver Denver, CO (Award)
2014 anyone lived in a pretty how town Groundswell Gallery Denver, CO (solo)
Artists at Play Republic Plaza Denver, CO
2013 Denver Plein Air Arts Festival: Emerging Artists Byers-Evans House Museum Denver, CO
2012 Aqua Hotel during Art Basel Miami week w Jeanie Madsen Gallery Miami, FL
Fashion Meets Art on the Runway Jeanie Madsen Gallery Santa Monica, CA
Denver Plein Air Arts Festival Vida Ellison Gallery Denver, CO
Awards | Fellowships | Scholarships
2022 Dean’s Merit Scholarship, MFA, Lesley University Cambridge, MA
2015 Summer Art Market, Denver Art Students League Denver, CO (Best of Show)
2012 Denver Plein Air Arts Festival Vida Ellison Gallery Denver, CO (First Place-Emerging)
Panels | Lectures
2024 MFA Graduate Fellow Visiting Artist Critic & Art Talk, Clark University, Worcester, MA
Commissions
2017 The Maven hotel in the Dairy Block in LoDo, mural work in two suites, Denver, CO
2016 Central City Opera, 2017 summer season illustrations, Central City, CO
2016 Sauti film documentary portraits of five Ugandan refugees, Boulder, CO
Teaching
1998-2012 Adams 12 Five Star Schools, Thornton High School, IB English, Thornton, CO